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ffct Governor Stjrs He Woeld
Hate tfee sakinf Food Provi
sion Corrected Bat That the
Bif dime Before the Extra
Session e die CootideratioA
of Improvement for the Ports
of Eatoni CaroUs*..
Raleigh, Aug. 7th.?Governor Cam
eron Morrison addressed the special
session of theState legislature which
convened here this morning. Gover
nor Morrison began to speak about
the noon-hour. J
I am sorry that my sense of duty
required me to call you here in Extra
Session daring this hot weather, but
I am sore you will recognize that it
could not to avoided when'you hear
my reasons for so doing.
The proposed amendment to our
State constitution enacted by you in
your regular session coold not be sub
mitted to the people of the State in its
present form without serious peril to
the credit of the State in respect to
its sale of bonds for the construction
of highways. Soon, after the adjourn
ment of the regular session the defect
ig this proposed, amendment to' our -
constitution was discovered by the
k attorneys, upon whose opinion we
were selling the Hgihway Bonds as
well as by some of those who were
heavily investing in them.
The defect to which I refer is in the
proposed amendment's provision pro- ;
hibiting putting into the Sinking .fund
for the redemption of the" Highway
Bonds any revenue derived from a
special tax levied for that purpose
and requiring that all of such sinking
funds should to taken from the gen
end revenues, of the State. It was
fteared this weald prevent using any '
part of the revenue derito^from the ;
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This can only be done by yes and this
extra session would have been impera
tive for this purpose if there had been <
10 other extraordinary occasion for it .
, I, therefore, most earnestly recom
mend thai the amendment proposed be 1
repealed and that the one first adopt- 1
ed by you at year pedlar siato be ;
reenacted and submitted to the people
at the State.
But gentlemen of the General As- ?
skmbly, I have asked you to assemble .]
far another .high and extraordinary
ehrviee to the state, namely: eonsid
efeatkm of the report of the state ship -u
ahd water transportation commission,
appointed by the . and unanimously H
confirmed by the senate branch of
ytour honorable body, pursuant to leg
islation enacted by you in your reg
? star sesjfeo.
?vAj you will recall, I asked you for
authority to pweed with the com- j
mission's report and findings, if fa
vorable to the undertaking, and if
approved by the governor and coun
cil of state, without further grant
of authority from you. In your great- ,
er wisdom you refused this grant of
power to.yoar chief executive offi-J. *
eera and required the report to be
submitted to the general assembly for
final disposition. Lf-'. ?-:-t-1
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Thdreffre, I heg yog to proceed
with yoor tomd<br??M df ? ?nd tafr j
such-srtidfl as In. your judgment the
welfare of Hie state retiree. . . r ;
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GOOD IN NEW YOKE STATE.
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A letter from Mr. Leo Nonrflle, now
v located at Townawands, N. T, to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Norville,
teres t to his friends in this section.
hopes to bo covering the Carolina* I
'? very bright
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An Interesting picture ?rf Jadgv ? I
John Ii. Chrerlj. upon whoa MM?
the /ate ot BJcbard Loeb and Ka
thrn Leopold, college foatkt ?e|
chewed slayers of 14-yaajr-old
Albert Franks. There la no
m the slayers pleaded guilty and
the judge most decide their fate.
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ROAD WORK
Lend* State Half Million to Be
Paid Back Out of Next
Bond Issue
Raleigh, Aug. 8.4-Wayne county
gave evidence to its belief that the
state is not through with its road
building program; yesterday when
representatives of the commissioners
of the county proffared $500^00 of
county money to
ever funds were available through
legislative appropriation, foe lean
was accepted.
1 Funds made available through the
loan will be applied to the paving of
the central highway between Golds
bo ro and the Johnston county line
near Princeton, shortening the only
unpaved gap between the top of the
Blue Ridge mountains and the Atlan
tic ocean. Funds are not yet avail
able for paving the section between
Smithfield and the Wayne county
line. -v
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Littie Brother Sold the Beer
Came Pretty Near Catching
m Him.
White ville, Aug. 7.?Reports from
ChSkeadon, 12 miles southeast of here,
teU?ehe^]lewin3*o?i-,
5$*." Shepherd '*tii*kland *a?
greatly- shocked. ^'yesterday wtfwtef
wheh' she returned f?m a short visit
to a neighbor's House-to find that her
Uttte one-year-old daughter wis inks
hur. She had left hir" only a short
time before with her four-year-old
brother on her porch, and trhns-she
mihml nrl fVa UMla luiu oiw neo^i lUtwi
returned ute attie ooy
a nap and told his mother t^t a.hwjjfc
hadoome sin*. sh*r&VMW'?g??
SSd ahouT the
little sister he could give no il$$&?
Hon.- '-"i**; **-Vv
>n.? SMUmdi limi nlant a mile
i? * my ?hoa time the whole com
munity joined in the search for the
w?ta?w behy, which presumably had
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Approximate/? That Number
Had Cone to Cuba to Go
to the United States j
Havana, Aug. 6.?The Ameri
can immigration law whieh became
effective July 1, has barred the doors
to approximately 200,000 persona
from every land under the sun, who
had come to Cuba expecting to go. to
the United States, according to Vice
Consul T. M. Fisher, in charge of
passports in the American consulate
general here.
The sharp decrease in quotas from
Asiatic and southern European coun
tries and the change in regulations
made it improbable that more than
one per cent of the would-be immi
grants can legally get into the United
States during the next 12 months and
many declare openly that under these
conditions they will take almost any
chance of being smuggled over to
Florida or to any port A few months
in jail and forcible deportation is the
only penalty. A few say they will go
to South America, but the majority
declare they will eventually return to
their native lands.
Nearly three-fourths of the men,
women and children who gather daily
by the thousands and clamor for pass
port visaes to "The States" are Span
ish. The next largest element con
sists of Jamacian negroes, of whom
there are approximately 40,000, while
Mr. Fisher estimates that there are
10,000 Jews of various nationalities
and about 300 to 500 each of Germans
Greeks, Russians, Poles, Turks, Ar
menians and Syrians, and scones of
Rumanians, Czecho-Slovakians, Jugo
slavians, Persians and a few Chal
deans and native African .negroes. "I
have never heard of na^Miality that
is not represented," te aaid.
In addition there are some 60,000
Chinese and a scattering of Japanese
in Cul)* whose only hope is to be
smoggled into the United States.
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Sales Reported to Rave Aver
aged 20 Costs a Pound;
Heavy Offerings
Macon, Ga., Aug. 6.?Approximate
ly 8,500,000 pounds of tobacco were
sold at auction in ten southern Geor
giaeenters on the opening day of the
marketing season today, according to
reports gathered tonight by the Ma
con Telegraph. The initial offerings,
describecTas not of the best grades,
were sold at prices averaging better
than agents a pound,
- A small let. was sold at four cents
a pound, while an especially fine qual
ity brought the maximum price of
80 rente.
In most eases, reports indicated,
the growers have not yeti. brought in
their highest grades jaf tobacco,
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, sports fiwbi the ew leaf tobac-!
co markets in North *|| South Caro
lina, which opened thg 1924 season
Tuesday, indicated ini?l receipts of
average volume, withfethe tobacco
probably poorer in fciwjy than last
year and theT price Jlverage afco'
slightly lower. Irifoijjation as to
prices, however, was vA meager and
comparisons with the jffeening sales
1 last year difficult &
Lumberton reports* in
dependent warehousig of nearly a
qaurter million pouudM^ an estimat
ed average of 1? dj^^Kound. Oth
er points reported fwflfoheavy sales,
but gave no estfeatapgy the average
price paid. From Fmmont it was
stated that the qus&jflraf the weed
is ndt ae good as ftHfalast year,
and-this is probably case on the
other markets. The firflB&erings are
comprised of primiMS and sand
leaves, which do *b# sC&feomparative
ly high, but-the avewjfc is taken as
an 'indicator of whm the better
grades will bring Win they are
brought to market lat?T
.reports iubv uiwhiw jlturiy ucavj.
receipts at co-operatw warehouses
as well .as at the indeflutient houses.
A thirdj payment on tS4928-24 crop
was made by the Co-oflbktives ift ad
dition to' advances on Be first offer
Ctarkton, Aug. 5,?? auction to
bacco market here todjS at the open
ing sate, sold opprwftately 30,000
pounds. The offering were practi
cally all of primiafi^nd plant b^
leaves. Growe^W^Hk who madd
deliveries received aj&efc; for pay
ment on 1923 crop. J^jWsatisfac-i
called South Carolina t^elt opened to
day with double salwpn this and
other large markets, vfhghty-five to
90 per cent of the offengs were com-;
mop primings and th^iices ranged
from four cents to Accents. All Of
the companies were ' bidding very
freely and the farmers were Well
pleased with the price deceived here.
Tobacco was off in q ality 40 per
cent. Prices on all { redes of com
mon and medium toba fos were from
15 to 25 per cent higl dr than on the
opening last season, but there was lit
tle change in the pri is of the few
good grades that sho red up. Fair
mont's receipts were Ground 225,000.
Wilmington, Aug. 5.?Prices rang
ing from 15 cents to 43 cents a pound
were reported today " from various
towns in eastern I^orth Carolina
which today opened their warehoused
for the beginning of the 1924 tobac
co season. ^,. vrv;,,
At 'WKiteville peak prices of 48
cents a pound with a fine grade of
leaf was reported, while at Rewlsndi
approximately 80,000 pounds were
sold at an average of iFeepts,
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National Leaders From West
Will Address 4 Meetings
in Counties of Ea&.
Raleigh, Aug. 7-?Thousands of to
bacco farmers in Eastern North Caro
lina will have the best opportunity
yet offered to the farmers of this
state to learn the progress of co-op- j
er&tive marketing throughout the en
tire nation, when Walton Peteet, sec-.]
retary of the National Council of
Farmers Cooperative Marketing asso
ciations, and Samuel R. Guard, of the
Sears-Roebuck" Agricultural Founda
tion, address the mass meetings of
Eastern Carolina tobacco and cotton
I growers, which are scheduled for Au
gust 8, 9, 11 and 12. .
The schedule of meetings in Eas
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vera i^arvn. usruium wiucii ja as iur
lows, will begin with the annual bas
ket picnic at the State Test Farm, in
Edgecombe county, between ?; Rocky
Mount and Pinetops, on Friday,
gust 8, 2 p. ni., Kinston, N. Cr'Wat
ton Peteet, secretary National -Coun
cil of Farmers Co-operative Market
ing associations, of Chicago, 111., will
speak at the following places: Smith
field, August 8, 2 p. m.; Kinston, Au
gust 9, II p. iti.; Greenville/Aug. 11,
10 a. m. (Fair Grounds); Wakelon
school N. Cf, August .12, 10" a. in.
(nepr Zebulotr); Samuel R. Guard,
director Sears Roebuck Agricultural
Foundation, of Chicago, HI., will
speak at the following places': Rocky
Mount, ^August 8; 10 a. jxt (State Test
Farm)-/ Williams ton,- August 9^ 10 a.
m. (Fair Grounds); Beatilavttle, Au
gust . V , ... '
In addition to the above speakers,
Dr. m dekh of North Car
olina Agricultural college, and Miss
Elisabeth' Kelly, president of North
Carolinas Teachers' association, with
special messages of interest to farm
ers' aRT farm wflt fee present
at; ifeveral of the picnic celebrations.
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State Chairman - Unanimously
??> ^fifeosen at * ?6tmB?liee
Meeting
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Aug. 1.--^iaSrat Q. Dawson,
of Kfrstoh, was' rd-el&rted by a ris- .
'.ng yot^^gduLirtnan of the democrat- i
at a meeting <
held by the committee in/the hail of J
the'house of representatives tonight. :
W. C. CouhenhPur, of Salisbury, i
was unanimously elected secretary to *
succeed W. T. Joynier and Miss Jane
Henderspn of Salisbury was elected <
to succeed Herself as vice-chairman
of the committee.
W. A. Hoke was nominated by the
committee as the democratic candi
date to succeed himself as chief jus
tice of the state supreme court and
Geo. W. Connor was nominated as
t^'dthtfofcratic candidate iq succeed
himself as associate justice.
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THE MAQCIAN !
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9 in7an4 weighting one lwnud, fif
teen 0BMC^8.
Unusual Case Presents Itseff to
the Voluntee Workers
At Dunn
Dunn, Aug. &?An unusual cast
presented itself to the force of volun
teer workers of Dunn who are assist
ing ex-sJSiqnce men in filling out theif ;
application^ for the government bo^
nus. This case was one in which both
War ^nd the wife having served in
the y. S Tiavy at the same time. The
husband, Mclver J. Pate of Dyke, was
wounded in the leg while fighting at
the front. Mrs. Pate was classed as
a yeomanetts in the navy, having vol
unteered her services to her country
after her husband enlisted in the ar
my. Both were given honorable dis
charges from the service after the
close of the war.
?Stream of fifty Cent Pieces
Ends With Opening of ^
I Main Highway
Greensboro, Aug. 6.?John John
son's detour in Orange county, cele
brated as a device for separating
?travelers on the Durham-Hillsboro
road from 50 cents per car, unless
?they desired to make a 12-mile detour
?by Chapel Hill, is a thing of the past
?The main highway was opened to
?traffic today and the stream of 50
cent pieces is no more.
I The .-detour had stirred up som$ leg
lislative resentment, but there will be
nothing to that now. The cause is re
Imoved. . .Work on the main road en
ables travelers to avoid both John
son and the other detour and to ride
least atad west free. !
I It is estimated that ^B h^rh as one
play at the London Horticultural Hall
Phuit, says London Tit-Bits, is a #a- i
tive of the tropical Hast Indies. Its i
principal prey are nd^^wldA ^ ^
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The Progressive Fanner Issue
^ 2fifh! Is Retail toby
Mr.%tTardwell From wliicti He
QuoteSome foodSflfcge&ions
ttf F&nters1 A'bfttif Removing
The Tobacco Stalks From the
FteKteAfter the'Crop.
(By G. A. CARDWELL)
Agricultural and Industrial Agent of
Atlantic Coast Line Rl R. Co.
While- in conference with an official
of one of the large tobacco buying
and manufacturing companies a few
days ago in New York, the writer
was forced to listen to some criticism
of the southern tobacco farmers'
carelessness in leaving the stalks aft
er harvesting the crop,, thus robbing
the soil of much needed plant food
and providing ah hotel for destructive
insects. V; ... .
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imagine my. pleasure upon looning
over the Progressive Farmer, issue of
Jhly 26, to find an article entitled,
"Keep Tobacco Stubble Busy," which
I am quoting in full:
"A lot of mischief may come from
neglect of tobacco land, when the crop
his been - harvested. If suckers are
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allowed to grow, then these will re
move as much plant food in propor
tion tql the size of the crop of suckers
as did the crop wd took off. Further,
When a tobacco field is allowed to
grow up after harvest, the tobacco
suckers become-feeding and breeding
places for the multiplication of tobac
co1 diseases. If stubble is destroyed
prcrihptly after harvest, then we get
three good results:
1. The sucker crop does not rob the
soil bf plariVfOod and moisture.
2. Insect breeding and feeding?
places, are destroyed.
i ?. Diseases have no place to multi
p&rlir while they lie in wait for the
next crop., j ? ,
lowed to lib idle froth harvest On. It
is idle'so fir as' producing what we
want is concerned, but very active so ~
far as -producing future trouble is
Concerned. ?
There are innumerable uses to
which this land may be put It can
produce a profitable crop before frost
?and improve while doing so?and
then can be Sowed to another crop
for maturing next spring. It is a
fact that bur tobacco Stubble offers
us exceptional oppbrtumties for wid
ening our efforts at diversification
for iricttasfed production of food hnd
feed, and for making the land better
and richer.
Tn +^n' fnnrnn rtr "nnrn" Knlf
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of North Carolina and in all of the
dortimercial tobacco area ? of South
Carolina, tobacco' is harvested' in time
to plant a surprisingly long list of
field and garden Crops maturing in
a month or two and releasing the land
for other crops; or other crops occu
pying the' land until next spring or
summer, ot even several years as is
thecase with- alfalfa, may be sown
in tobacco lands this summer or fall.
There is a very long list of Crops that
tob&Cco stubble land released in July
and early- August Cap be planted to
such as second crop Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes from vine cuttings;
turnips, tomatoes, corn, beans, winter .
cabbage and 16 or more other vege
tables. Tobacco land can with but
little effort be gotten ready for fall
sowed, small grain, legumes and pas
tnrejjw^wea- ? -
^ We ?vrfcp/ have suffered from rain
and we. who may yet suffer from boll
weevil, may find a measure, and a
?ood measure of. relief from our to
bacco fields by putting, them to work
at the time we usually free them to
loaf."
It was Lord Chatham who said:
"Trade increases the wealth and glo
ry of "a couP^ry; bint its -real strength
and stamina are to be looked for
among the cultivators of the land."
kmiM/f " MiStii fanrn tno/l/iiYirv enmi#AV^
orateu tneir xenwi weuamg wHirrer
01 July* niosc pr6S0uv wcro wr? unit
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; ?rvea out in the grove znusic
iciidQfsd by Miss jEJIiz&beth Cow*
toe*
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